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Show -- i Senior Art Festival SLCC Polo Scholarship page 5 Page 3 One percent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute State Water law. What yesterday was fact, today is doctrine. The Letters of Junius page 7 -- Thursday, June 14, 2001 VOLUME 92 NO. 59 Read for the gold at library This year the Salt Lake County Library's Summer Reading theme has a distinctly "Olympic" flavor. Beginning June 11, Children of all ages may participate by signing up at the Magna Library or any of the Salt Lake County Libraries. Readers can earn "cool" prizes by reading 5, 10 or 15 hours. Those who persevere and achieve a "Gold" sticker by reading 15 hours will receive a free book and a "golden" ticket to a Stingers baseball game. Other prizes include Olympic buttons, tattoos, stickers, Arctic Circle Clog America to give benefit Almost summer 4s tp USn','r$ w - fi I Vs- - S, - . J f 1 B S u j, i ut t! 0c . it , '$'?-- The Eagle Has Landed Birds of prey and people share vital habitat around the world. please turn to LIBRARY page 10 ' - wy x v ' A t 5 - , v ' ' , I' "A v ,r y K non-prof- v 1 - f x. it works for the organization that provides food and other assistance to Magna families in need of help. "They offered to do the concert for MagnaFact because they know that everything would go to the families." Webb said. v - v Aw A j ' Clog America became aware of MagnaFact because one of its members has a grandmother that - A. - , , ,r y .. Mi 't'- v '"J. 1... v (&' -- photo by Debbi Olson winds that knocked out powerstorm blew its way through Magna Tuesday afternoon with 69 lines and trees throughout the Magna and the entire Salt Lake Valley. Magna residents lost power for about two hours. Above, Trees at Copper Park and Copper Hills Golf Course blew over during the storm. Winds across the Great Salt Lake of inch of rain Tuesday and another quarter-inc- h reached speeds of up to 84 mph. The storm dropped more than one-harain on Wednesday as well as dusting the Western hillsides with snow to bring much needed relief to underground aquifers. A fast-movi- mile-per-ho- ur Clog America International Festival Ensamble will leave on its European Tour on June lf By DEBBI OLSON Editor In addition to Kennecott's recent announcement of closing the Magna Concentrator facility and laying off approximately of its employees within d the next two months, Alliant Tech Systems will also be reducing its workforce in order to meet industry and company requirements. According to David Nicponski, spokesman for Alliant Tach, the majority of the layoffs will be handled by offering early retirement incentives to employees that are close to retirement and are 55 years or older. "We are offering another early We'll then go to retirement package that will Thioklol Promontory facility. Nicponski said that the Alliant reduction." a voluntary The reduction is a result of iant's purchase of Morton Thiokol and moving many of the companies operations to the A1 address the employee reduction requirement.," Nicponski said. Tech facility, located on the boarder of Wot Valley and Magna will continue its operations as will the Baccus West "This is the third one we've done and we're comfortable that it will take care of the requirement. also perform inn40 concerts in 20 cities. The group represents championship doggers from the Rocky Mountain area who have won national titles throughout the Facility in Magna. "Baccus West is the most modern facility in the world," Nicponski said. "Alliant acquiring Thiokol is a great thing for the state of Utah because it takes the two biggest competitors in the rocket industry and combines them. No one will be able to invest the kind of capital required to build anything like what we -- please turn to A1LIANT page 8. During the tour the dance group will perform at nine festivals in six countries. They will Alliant Tech offers retirment package to reduce workforce one-thir- to your library. t V pro- sent favorite fables frivolously and fabulously fractured. An Olympic event of songs, music and stories from Ancient Greece 1 , ' grams available at the Magna Library in connection with the 1 s' r "'ZV- pro- Aesop's Follies, Let the Games Begin: Sat., July 2 at 1 1 am The Starry-Eye- d Puppets pre- -- ; ' Henry Marsh; compete in the "Library Games" for prizes; and participate in drawings for other great Stuff. Bring a blanket for an Snickers the clown will perform his gold medal magic while relating books and stories with a sports theme for the entire family. ' , f--f Olympian 1 Clog America before it leaves on its European Tour. The dance concert will be held Saturday. June 16 at 7 p m. at the Cyprus High School Auditorium. Tickets are $5 each or $15 per family. All proceeds will be donated to MagnaFact and will benefit MagnaFact families. "The kids came out and said 'let's go out and do something to raise money for these families." said Kathy Webb, a spokewoman for MagnaFact. y I Chesman. ' "A special "ReadTfor the Goldfr Kick-Of- f Party will be held on Thurs., June 14 at Wheeler Farm, beginning at 6 pm. Come meet Mat pm Editor 1 dis- Snickers Gold Medal Magic: By DEBBI OLSON f . mer", said Librarian Ruby -- ,, - A' IF pins on display. "Show your Olympic Spirit by "Reading for the Gold" this sum- Sat., July u Magna families will be treated win one of the three Olympic Summer Reading theme. All grams are free. Upcoming events include; v to a special benefit concert by play in the library's foyer). Teens have the opportunity to "Olympic" good time. There will be a variety of ' L 4 coupons, and bookmarks. Three lucky children will win one of the four-tim- e 1 . and other restaurant Olympic mascots (now on concert i ) 10 United States. The dancers specialize in clogging, w hich is an American dance form born in the Applichian Mountain area. Dance numbers will include traditional precision and hoedowns as well as line, novelty and character clogging numbers. Also featured in the presentation will be American Indian and Polynesian dances that include a dance. Clou America features 29 fire-kni- fe please turn to CLOG page 10 Scholarships awarded to mathscience students By DEBBI OLSON future. Editor 'This was the best selection of Out of a competitive field of candidates two top Cyprus High candidates the selection committee have ever seen," said Susan Alliant Tech Systems and the who presented the awards to the Cyprus students. "It was a very talented and hard working group of kids. They have amazing academic talent." Wasescha, who plans to study School math and science students were presented scholarships from Magna Chamber of Commerce. Brittany Wasescha, received the Alliant Tech's prestigious $1,500 Outstanding Math and Science Scholarship and Michael Retford was awarded the ATS $1,000 Math and Science Scholarship. The award is given to top students who have shown academic accomplishments in the areas of math and science and who plan to pursue math or science in the I Jew, Spokeswoman for Alliant Tech and the Magna Chamber math or medicine at the University of Utah next year, held a 3.9 grade point average in addition to serving as an editor of the school newspaper, a captain on the varsity soccer team and serving at the Senior Class Historian. "The committee was so impressed with Brittany, she does it all," Jew said. "She stood out by creating success for herself and her interest in studying math or medicine." Retford plans to study biology, molecular science or biology at Utah State next year, had a 4.0 GPA and named to the National Honor Society. He was a member of the math club and occupational woodworking. " We hope that when they graduate from college they will want to come back and work in Magna," said David Nicponski, of Alliant Tech. , The two scholarship winners said their classmates have been -please turn to SCHOLAR page 10 -- photo by Diibbi Olson Cyprus students Brittany Wasescha and Michael Retford, center, were awarded scholarships. |